EC heads to Supreme Court to quash ruling on Nduom’s case

The Electoral Commission of Ghana say it has completed a review on the ruling by the High Court ruling asking it to allow the Progressive People’s Party to correct their nomination form errors that accounted for the disqualification of the party’s candidate from the presidential race and disagree with the ruling.

According to a statement signed by the communications director of the commission Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, they have filed an application at the Supreme Court to quash the high court’s decision and seek clarity on the matter.

The commission said it is of the firm conviction which is backed by law that, candidates seeking the highest office of the land must take full responsibility for ensuring that their nomination forms meet the standard in form and substance, required by the law.

The statement added that, “in the interest of national peace and cohesion, we respectfully implore the highest court of the land to determine our application expeditiously in accordance with the earlier directive of Her Ladyship the Chief Justice and for the sake of the electoral calendar.”